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Thoughts on Refinishing
By:Paul
Date: 10/3/2000, 12:48 pm

Hi all,

I am about to do some re finishing on the painted hull of a Ches. 17. i have multiple scratches in the paint. Also, the bow and stern have scraped through to the wood. (I cut darts in the cloth so that it would lie well, but I didn't reinforce the bare patches with tape, or any glass for that matter. I don't know what I was thinking when I biult it, but there you have it.)
I would appreciate your thoughts before I go about this. I am thinking about sanding the scratches out of the paint, which in some cases may mean going down to the epoxy undercoat. Do I need to remove all of the paint and redo it, or will new paint stick to old paint?

Thanks for your ideas,

Paul

Messages In This Thread

Thoughts on Refinishing
Paul -- 10/3/2000, 12:48 pm
Re: Thoughts on Refinishing
Ian Johnston -- 10/3/2000, 6:55 pm
Re: Thoughts on Refinishing
david -- 10/4/2000, 11:24 am
Re: Thoughts on Refinishing
Eric Schade (Shearwater Boats) -- 10/5/2000, 8:17 pm